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Image copyright PA Image caption University staff are now threatening another 14 days of strike action University strikers have turned down an agreement reached by university union leaders and employers to end the pensions dispute. It means the strike will continue – with threats to disrupt final exams and assessments ...

Student Madison Flores, 17, participates in a walkout and demonstration for gun control at Anderson High School in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 23. —Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP On March 14, thousands of students across the country are expected to walk out of class or participate in events tied to ...

ALBANY — Uber on Tuesday ripped a modified congestion pricing plan pushed by Assembly Democrats that would treat for-hire car services differently than cabs.
“The Assembly’s proposal unfairly burdens the majority of New Yorkers who live outside of Manhattan and already pay far more in taxes per ...

States should not use the SAT or ACT to measure high school achievement because those exams don’t fully reflect states’ academic standards, and could distort what’s taught in the classroom, according to a study released Tuesday. The paper, released by Achieve, which pushes for high-quality standards and tests, calls for ...

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBoris Johnson: “We are giving Russia until midnight to explain” The “strength of the support” shown to the UK over the poisoning of former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter has been encouraging, the foreign secretary has said. Boris Johnson said ...

Image copyright Bishnu Sapkota Image caption The crash is the worst aviation disaster to hit Nepal in years Survivors and witnesses of a plane crash in Nepal have described the chaotic moments when the aircraft went down, killing at least 49 people. The flight, carrying 71 passengers and crew, crashed ...

Image copyright PA Image caption University staff will decide on Tuesday whether to back the deal announced by unions and employers An agreement has been reached in the university strike – with union leaders and employers announcing a deal over threatened pension cuts. If the terms are accepted at a ...

The jury weighing corruption charges against former Gov. Cuomo aide Joseph Percoco said for the second time Monday that it can’t come to a unanimous decision.
“After considering the facts and the evidence with open minds, and using your instructions as a roadmap, We remain unable to reach ...

A British mother says she lost nearly all of her limbs after a doctor failed to see she was suffering from sepsis that she contracted while in the hospital.
Magdalena Malec, 31, was forced to wait six months before having both her legs, her right arm and the ...

The approval of 5 percent pay raises prompted by a nine-day teachers walkout was perhaps the top attention-getter of this year’s legislative session — but fiscal and social conservatives were also successful in shepherding through their own top proposals. Those included a bill that would allow employees to bring their ...